Category Archives: In the News

Mark Your Calendar: “Review the Tape: Video Review in Hiring and Training Interpreters” presented January 21, 2026 in Surrey.

Tom Long presents on hiring and training interpreters in Surrey on January 21, 2026.

Mark Your Calendar: “Fake News at Fort Edmonton” presented March 28, 2026 in St. Albert.

Tom presents on the Northwest Resistance in St. ALbert on March 28, 2026.

Mark Your Calendar: “An Imaginary Line” presented November 25, 2025 in Vancouver (repost/reminder).

Tom will be presenting a version of one of his favourite recent presentations on November 25 at the University Women’s Club at Hycroft Manor in Vancouver, BC. Tickets are available. This is a part of their wonderful Heritage Hour programming. An Imaginary Line: the HBC, the US, and the Fight against the 49th Parallel Tuesday,Continue reading “Mark Your Calendar: “An Imaginary Line” presented November 25, 2025 in Vancouver (repost/reminder).”

Clio’s Armada: In the News

The town of Port Glasgow is embarking on a second replica of their claim to fame: the first commercially successful steamship. Built in 1812, Henry Bell’s Comet began taking passengers and changed the world of powered ships. For me, part of the interesting story here is that the new replica is not built to beContinue reading “Clio’s Armada: In the News”

Clio’s Armada: In the News

John MacFarlane and the Nauticapedia site were both a great help and inspiration for me when I started the Clio’s Armada project to study heritage boatbuilding projects. I’m very glad to hear that he and the BC Maritime Museum (who are also lovely people and very supportive) have taken steps to protect and continue theContinue reading “Clio’s Armada: In the News”

Mark Your Calendar: “An Imaginary Line” presented November 25, 2025 in Vancouver.

Tom will be presenting a version of one of his favourite recent presentations on November 25 at the University Women’s Club at Hycroft Manor in Vancouver, BC. Tickets are available. This is a part of their wonderful Heritage Hour programming. An Imaginary Line: the HBC, the US, and the Fight against the 49th Parallel Tuesday,Continue reading “Mark Your Calendar: “An Imaginary Line” presented November 25, 2025 in Vancouver.”

Clio’s Armada: In the News

Experimental archaeologists recently created and travelled in a Dugout canoe named Sugime from Taiwan to the Ryukyu islands south of Japan. According to Reuters, they “ simulated methods Paleolithic people would have used and employed replicas of tools from that prehistoric time period such as an axe and a cutting implement called an adze inContinue reading “Clio’s Armada: In the News”